Between 1940 and 1943 Hyster Company (called Willamette Hyster Company at that time) produced two Hercules IXB-3 engined counterbalanced forklift trucks called Handy Andy Senior 6000lb capacity and Handy Andy Junior 4000 lb capacity. A photograph from the "Instruction Book and Parts List" has been recently published in the photo archive section: find it here . From the photo it can be seen that there is no hoist cylinder. The carriage was raised by roller chain and a sprocket attached to a hydraulic motor at the top of the inner mast.

Fifteen to twenty years ago I saw a movie clip on a TV documentary in the UK of a Handy Andy working in a US WW2 manufacturing or military environment. I have not been able to find it and I would be interested in any info. that would identify its source...........or any other piece of film showing a Handy Andy in action.
Tim Briston, Basingstoke UK